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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

While his departure does technically open up another scholarship for Brady Hoke's monster 2013 class, he was one of the guys I was assuming would not return for a fifth year. It was already built into 20 that is the no-attrition baseline.

As this thread isn't locked yet, I'm (double) posting this comment here, as well as in the comments for Brian's post:

How does one assume that a RS Junior will be left off the roster? Bell is currently listed as a RS Soph. Unless I'm missing something (certainly posible at 5am), next year would have been his 4th year, not his 5th.

I know it's a moot point now, but if he hadn't quit, I don't see how the coaches were going to kick him off the team.

I am not secretly happy to see him go. I think it's unfortunate that he decided to come here to play football and get a degree and he leaves without accomplishing one of those goals. It may have been on his own terms, but that still doesn't mean he's 100% content with the outcome. As for the comment that you didn't know he was on the roster, that is a completely unneccassary comment and makes you sound like an ass, lol.

"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."

Is he Denards year? Which may mean that he is leaving without a degree. I hope he enrolls somewhere. Good luck to him and I heard he may have financial issues at home. No idea if it is true, but really sad. The kid seemed to love Michigan and never said a bad word.

It's sad, but it happens at every elite program. Virtually all of these guys come in as big-time stars in high school. Even 3-star recruits these days are giving press conferences about where they will attend college.

It must be very difficult for a young athlete when all of the attention and glory dies down and you realize that it's not ever coming back. It's a cold reality.

I also wish the best for Bell. He came in and leaves a Michigan Man, in my mind. He seemed to have done all the right things, trying to help his coaches and teammates by agreeing to switch positions, despite whatever negatives it might have meant for his personal goals as a football player. For whatever reasons he has, it apparently was time for him to move on, and I respect him for making what had to be a tough decision.

Whatever the future holds for him with football, I also hope he was on track with his studies and finishes his degree, if he hasn't done so already.